Brazilian, Spanish mercenaries surrounded near Kharkov — Russian defense source

Military operation in UkraineBrazilian, Spanish mercenaries surrounded near Kharkov — Russian defense source According to the source, "nationalists from the reconnaissance battalion of Ukraine’s 425th Separate Assault Regiment have been tasked with evacuating the mercenaries"MOSCOW, August 10. /TASS/. Groups of mercenaries from Brazil and Spain have been surrounded in the Volchansky district of the Kharkov Region, a source in Russia’s defense agencies told TASS. "Interrogated prisoners of war have indicated that groups of mercenaries from Brazil and Spain have been surrounded in the Volchansky district," the source said. He added that "nationalists from the reconnaissance battalion of Ukraine’s 425th Separate Assault Regiment have been tasked with evacuating the mercenaries, and if that proves impossible, with eliminating them and disfiguring their faces." 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